Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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